Table desk



M. D. KALESACH 1,829,449

TABLE DESK Filed May 23, 1950 Patented .Oct. 27, 1931 D. KALBACH, F SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND TABLE DESK Application filed May 23,

This invention relates to a note pad or table desk and more particularly to a device which may be placed upon a table or desk and used for making memoranda.

One object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having a strip of note paper wound upon rollers so that it may be adjusted as memoranda are written thereon and so mount the rollers carrying the strip of paper that the strip may be moved either forwardly or rearwardly and thereby allow the strip of paper to be moved in order to enter notes thereon or permit memoranda already written upon the paper to be read. 7

Another object of the invention is to so form a body portion or frame in which the rollers are rotatably mounted that a flat and solid support will be provided for the portion of the paper strip upon which notes are to be written, and also so form the frame that a portionthereof will provide a hand rest.

Another object of the invention is to pro- .25 vide an improved mean-s for rotatably mounting the rollers and permit them to be firmly held in place when mounted in the frame while at the same time allowing the rollers to be removed and new ones set in .30 place.

Another object of the invention is to so form the frame that the upper wall thereof over whichthe portionof the paper strip to be written on passes will be disposed at an incline and therebyallowmemoranda to be very easily written upon the strip of paper.

Another object of the invention is to provide the device with means whereby a roller having notes written upon a sheet of paper .40 wrapped thereon may be rotatably supported at one end of the frameand the strip of paper unrolled therefrom in order'that memoranda written upon the paper may be referred to.

Another object oftheinvention is to pro 1930. Serial No. 455,074.

vide a device with a frame which is simple in construction and of light weight, but at the same time very strong and durable and not liable to scratch a polished surface when in use.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the improved table desk,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the same,

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation looking at the rear end of the device,

Fig. 4; is an enlarged view looking at one end of one of the rollers.

The frame or body portion 1 of this device is preferably formed of sheet metal, although any material found suitable may be used, and has a fiat top 2, side walls 3, and a rear end wall 4. The end wall slopes rearwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, and the side walls are triangular in shape and gradually dccrease in depth towards their forward ends so that when the device is set upon a table or desk serving as a support, the upper wall will be disposed at an incline. Rollers 5 are disposed transversely through the frame and these rollers have their ends provided with pintles 6 and 7 which are rotatably received in seats formed in the side walls. The seats which receive the pintles 7 are in the form of slots 8 extending from a largeopening 9 formed in the side wall through which these pintles pass, and the seats 10 which receive the pintles 6 may besimilarly formed or may merely consist of circular openings formed through the other side wall of the frame in spaced relation to an opening 11 formed in this side wall and corresponding to the opening 9. A latch strip 12 is pivotally secured to the side wall in which the seats 8 are formed by means of a pin 13 and this latch is adapted to be swung from the raised inoperative position, indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 to a lowered position in which it extends longitudinally of the side wall. Re cesses 14 are formed in the latch strip to receive the pintles 7 and when the latch strip is swung downwardly to the operative position,

the two rollers will be permitted to freely-rotate, but at the same time prevented from slipping out of the pintle receiving seats. When the latch is swung upwardly to the ino erative osition the rollers ma be disengaged from the seats 8 and 10, and after they have been moved into the opening 9, with- I drawn from the frame. It :will be under; stood that if the seats 10 are formed similar to the seats 8, a latch corresponding to the latch 12 will be provided at the other. side of the frame.

The strip of paper 15 has itsend portions wound upon cores or sleeves 16, preferably formed of cardboard and these sleeves fit sn'u'gly;upon the rollers, as shown in'Fig. 4, and each is'formed with longitudinally extending pockets 17 to receive ribs 18 formed longitudinally upon the rollers. By this arrangeme'nt the sleeves will be caused to rotate with the rollers, and since the seats pro eot radially from the sleeves, theywill cause end portions of the paper strip to be firmly gripped. when wound about thesleeves.

, Therefore the rollers cannot be turned without the paper strip being unwound from one sleeve and wound upon the other sleeve.

V This strip of paper is initiallyf wound upon one sleeve and it passes through a slot 119' formed in the upper wallof the frame near the rear edge thereof, and after being drawn downwardly, is passed inwardly through a slot 21 formed in spaced relation to the lower or front edge of the top and engaged about a sleeve mounted upon the forward rollers Itwill thus be seenthat a portion of the paper strip is disposed over the top wall between the two slots so that it may be written upon, and this portion of the paper strip is spaced from the lower or forward edge of the top, thereby permitting thelower portion 22 of the top to be used as a hand rest when writing. Guide rollers 23. are mounted beneath the slots 19 and-21 in order to guide movement of the paper through the slots and prevent danger of the paper becomingtorn by engagement with the top.

When this device is in use, it is to be set upona desk or table serving as'a support, and

in .order to prevent the polished surface of the desk or table from becoming scratched, thelower edges of the side end walls: have been formed with. small openings through which a strand of cord, leather',:or,any other suitable material is threaded. Therefore, the strand will form a binding 24: of soft materialwhi-ch serves to retain the edges ofthe walls in spaced relationtoi'the polished top of a desk or table" and very effectively preventsfscratchingflk pencil; or pen should be supported in such position that it will be tests,

accessible when needed, and in order to do so, tongues 25 are cut from the end wall 4: and bent upwardly into position to'support the pencils. 'Other tongues or strips 26 and 27 are cut'from the rear wall and bent towards each other in order to form a recepfor an eraser or any other article which it is desired to support therein.

As thisv device is used, notes or memora-nda are, written upon the portion of the strip of paper resting upon the upper face of the top "2, and as this portion of the strip becomes filled. with iwriting,1 ;the' :upper roller is grasped by its turning head 7 and rotated in -0rder to wind the strip upon this upper rollbe cut and'the'upper roller removed from the frame so-that the-sleeve together with the 'strip of paper having notes written thereon may be removed from this roller and put away-for future reference. A new sleeve is 'then applied"to. the upper roller and this roller againset inplacewithin the frame and the. .str p of .pap r. threaded 5 through the upper slot and engaged about the sleeve. In

order to permit noteswrittenjupon' a strip which has been .put away-to be easily read,

there have been provided bracketsl29 which are secured tothe sidewalls andproject rear wardly from the'frame. These brackets are formed'with socket's30 at their ends so that pintlesprojecting from ends of a roller may be rotatably engaged with the br ackets'and a strip of paper drawn forwardly across the frame until a note which 'itis desired torefer to is exposed- .;I have, therefore, provided aidevi ce by means of which astrip of .paper' rmay be mounted in order tohave notes written thereon, and further so constructed the device that a strip having notes'written on it maybe very easily. unwound in order to refer to the notes. I V gHavingthusdescribed the invention, I claim: v. v t y, V L V A device oft e character described comprising a framehaving opposed walls, one wall being 1 provided with. pintle receiving sockets, the other wall. being formed with an 'tacle or pocket 28 which projects rearwardly from the end wall and may serve as a holder opening and with pintle receiving sockets disposedopposite the sockets of. the first wall, the; sockets ofthe' second wall being in the form of ."s'lofts'. leading I from :front and rear edges of theopening formed therein', a latch strip pivoted-at one: end to the last mentioned wall and extending longitudinally thereof'in crossed relation to the opening and slots and having recesses leading from its lower edge to register with inner portions of the slots when the latch is closed, and paper carrying rollers extending between the walls and having pintles at their ends rotatably engaged in said sockets of the walls, the pintles engaged in the slots having turning means at their outer ends and the rollers being removable through the opening formed in the second wall when released from the sockets.

In testimony whereof I affix m signature.

MORGAN D. KALBAOPK [1 s.] 

